Manslaughter Charges Dropped Against Alabama Woman Who Was Shot While Pregnant

Marshae Doricia Jones (Pleasant Grove Police).
Manslaughter charges against an Alabama woman who was shot while pregnant were dropped on July 3 following national backlash, prosecutors announced.
Marshae Jones, 28, was five months pregnant when she got into a dispute with 23-year-old Ebony Jemison in December 2018. The two women were allegedly fighting over the fetus’ father outside of a Dollar General store in Birmingham, Alabama when Jemison fired at Jones.
Jemison was originally charged with manslaughter but her charge was dismissed after a grand jury failed to indict her. Prosecutors said that Jemison had acted in self-defense.
Investigators determined that Jones initiated the fight with Jemison and said that the “only true victim in this was the unborn baby.” In November, Alabama voters approved a state constitutional amendment that granted fetuses the same legal rights of a child who has been born.
Alabama is one of 38 states with fetal homicide…

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